NEW DELHI: Delhi excessive court docket decide Yashwant Varma has strongly denied allegations that a big sum of burnt forex was recovered from his official residence after a current fireplace incident.
In a prolonged letter to Delhi excessive court docket’s chief justice, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice Varma referred to as the claims “baseless” and “preposterous”, asserting that neither he nor his household had any connection to the alleged money.
“I state unequivocally that no cash was ever placed in that storeroom either by me or any of my family members and strongly denounce the suggestion that the alleged cash belonged to us,” he wrote. “The very idea or suggestion that this cash was kept or stored by us is totally preposterous.”
Questioning the credibility of the allegations, he added, “The suggestion that one would store cash in an open, freely accessible and commonly used storeroom near the staff quarters or in an outhouse verges on the incredible and incredulous.”
Justice Varma stated the accusations had severely broken his fame. “In the life of a judge, nothing matters more than reputation and character. That has been severely tarnished and irreparably damaged,” he said.
He dismissed any suggestion that he eliminated or dealt with forex on the website, saying, “I categorically reject any suggestion that we removed currency from the storeroom. We were neither shown nor given any sacks of burnt currency. The limited debris recovered during the incident was confined to a particular section of the residence, and there was no evidence of any currency.”
Drawing consideration to his monetary transparency, he talked about that every one his transactions had been performed via banks, UPI, and playing cards. He additionally identified that authorities discovered no money when the positioning was returned to him, stating, “When the site was handed back to us after the fire personnel and police concluded their operations, we saw no evidence of any currency.”
Following the controversy, CJI Sanjiv Khanna has constituted a three-member inquiry committee to research the allegations.
The panel contains Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana excessive court docket, Justice G S Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh excessive court docket, and Justice Anu Sivaraman of the Karnataka excessive court docket.
CJI Khanna additionally directed that Justice Varma be relieved of judicial duties till the inquiry is accomplished.
